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HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am grateful to all noble Lords who have spoken and to my noble friend Lady Royall for her fantastic work in this challenging area. It has been an extraordinary debate.…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am glad to put my name to my noble friend Lord Kennedy’s Amendment 182, but I also welcome Amendment 174 tabled by the noble Baroness, Lady Burt. I see the two as…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I want to assure the noble Lord, Lord Paddick, that he is not alone. I support the powerful speeches made by my noble friends Lady Gale and Lady Wilcox, without…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to put my name to the noble Baroness’s amendments. She has been such a tireless campaigner for older people over many decades, and she has…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, in moving Amendment 164 on behalf of my noble friend Lady Royall, I will also speak to my Amendment 177B. My noble friend is extremely sorry that she is not able to…10 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse Bill10 Feb 2021HANSARDCounter-Terrorism and Sentencing BillMy Lords, rather like the noble Baroness, Lady Hamwee, I am not sure that our two amendments have any connection whatever. None the less, it is a pleasure to be able to make this…09 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I welcome the amendment of the noble Lord, Lord Marks, and the opportunity to talk about the role of psychotherapists. As I will be discussing regulatory issues, I…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, before speaking to my Amendment 157 in this group, I want to express my strong support for my noble friend Lady Lister in her Amendment 149, which she has argued for so…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for his careful response. He said that this issue goes wider than his own department, and I agree. In the period between Committee and…08 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, like the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, I find it difficult to add to the arguments that have been made so persuasively in this debate. I want to pick up the point made by…08 Feb 2021HANSARDHealth Measures at UK BordersThat was exciting, my Lords. Can the Minister say what the delay is in putting the hotel quarantines together? The Government have known about the problem of the variant in South…04 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to implement a mandatory hotel quarantine for all travellers arriving in the United Kingdom.03 Feb 2021HANSARDHotel Quarantine for TravellersMy Lords, given the good news on vaccines, should we not be ever more vigilant on our borders? The 22 December meeting of SAGE identified the rapid spread of a variant in South…03 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, like other noble Lords I pay warm tribute to the noble Baronesses, Lady Newlove, Lady Wilcox, Lady Meacher, and the right reverend Prelate the Bishop of London for their…03 Feb 2021HANSARDTrade BillMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to support my noble friend Lady Thornton and to agree with my noble friend Lady Kennedy. I obviously listened with great care to what the Minister…02 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I was very glad to add my name to my noble friend’s amendments on the workplace. I am grateful to Unison, of which I am a member, for its briefing on this. Like my noble…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I do not want to go over ground that has already been expressed by so many noble Lords in this important debate, but I emphasise a concern that noble Lords have. In…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I am glad to follow the noble Lord, Lord Dodds, and to endorse what he has said about the risks of abuse in relation to older people. We have two later groups of…01 Feb 2021HANSARDDomestic Abuse BillMy Lords, I have listened very carefully to the Minister’s response, particularly on Amendment 176, for which I thank her. None the less, does she not accept that favouring…01 Feb 2021